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thisteachreads's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This audiobook was such a fun read! The extensive cast of narrators and the added music and sound effects really made this feel like a movie without the images at times. The main character narrators of Ami and Brody were just so perfect and their chemistry both together and separately was wonderful. Honestly, the narrators alone made this worth a listen!
This is the follow-up novella to their story “The Unhoneymooners” when Ethan and Olive finally decide to get married. It follows up 4ish years later, after Ami has divorced Dane, when they decide to return to Hawaii for their nuptials.
Honestly, this story is well worth a listen to! I have already recommended it to several people. It’s light hearted and funny and the narrators are great.
This is the follow-up novella to their story “The Unhoneymooners” when Ethan and Olive finally decide to get married. It follows up 4ish years later, after Ami has divorced Dane, when they decide to return to Hawaii for their nuptials.
Honestly, this story is well worth a listen to! I have already recommended it to several people. It’s light hearted and funny and the narrators are great.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
katebee's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Infidelity, and Vomit
jra's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
greatexpectations77's review
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I thought this was a cute little time, and I liked the full cast and that it was written to go straight to audio. I also appreciated that there wasn't a dumb little misunderstand that could have been solved easily through communication. Weddings are stressful, and they make people act wild. Seeing what else I like by this author pair.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma
amberlfaris's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
mariskyjy's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was a great palate cleanser after I simply could not stand the previous book I was listening to.
- The characters are lovable -- I had read Unhoneymooners and forgot everything, so this was a nice refresher with a new perspective.
- The set up is full of tropes and cliches, but I enjoyed it anyway. It's a relatively slow burn for the timeline, but felt realistic.
- I enjoyed seeing Ami open up to Brody and lose some of her inhibitions! I thought their chemistry was fun (if a little cheesy in parts).
- Ending was a little too quick for me, like someone threw it all into a nice box and didn't care what it looked like. All the threads were neatly tied.
- Good smut, imo.
- Audio production was interesting, but a little strange in places. Still, I really enjoyed the narration.
Also, for anyone who actually appreciates and welcomes spoilers (a "cursed" habit of mine), the twist about Brody is below. I found it incredibly anticlimactic for all the secrecy around it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Infidelity and Medical content
Minor: Death
Majority of the medical content is not until the very end.tguccione's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Medical content
koistyfishy's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
3 Waiter Stars ⭐️
Spicy Level: 🌶️.5/5
I mean, this was a cute little listen. It had been a hot minute since I read "The Unhoneymooners" - like YEARS - so I couldn't remember much about the story except that Ami's sister went on Ami's honeymoon with the best man from Ami's wedding and fell in love.
So I was NOT EXPECTING that Ami to get divorced from her serial cheater husband and had a new little love story.
Ami is very perfectionistic; some would even say anal-retentive. She has a plan and a checklist, and her checklist has bullet points, subpoints, and prerequisites. She battles to let go, so when she decided to plan her sister's destination wedding in Maui in a few days, she knew making it perfect would be impossible, but damn her if she didn't try.
In steps Brody - the best man and local chilled happy-go-lucky surfer bro. He's been asked to help Ami plan the wedding and eventually and reluctantly Ami agrees.
What she doesn't expect is that Brody is a literal spanner into her carefully orchestrated plan, but instead of breaking the system down, she finds that his methods are effective, work, and are actually fun.
The main issue I had with this is I loved what the characters were saying, but I didn't feel the full connection. It was this weird feeling; the characters should be having AMAZING chemistry, and if I had been physically reading this in my mind, my mind voice would have been swooning at how perfect Brody and Ami were for each other. Now, nothing against the narrators because they are both excellent in their own right - something just felt lacking for me.
I think what that was is that some chapters had a FULL CAST and some were Ami/Brody narrating everything and doing voices for their counterparts - typically this is fine in dual narration books when that is how the ENTIRE BOOK IS - not when some chapters are fully narrated...I think this is why I couldn't find who vocally Ami and Brody were.
Trope Summary:
▶ Maid of Honour X Best Man
▶ Cinnamon Roll MMC
▶ Destination Setting
▶ Strangers to Lovers
▶ Banter
▶ Forced Proximity
Overall, a great little sweet listen and passes the time nicely while you are doing your own thing when you're listening to a book.
Spicy Level: 🌶️.5/5
I mean, this was a cute little listen. It had been a hot minute since I read "The Unhoneymooners" - like YEARS - so I couldn't remember much about the story except that Ami's sister went on Ami's honeymoon with the best man from Ami's wedding and fell in love.
So I was NOT EXPECTING that Ami to get divorced from her serial cheater husband and had a new little love story.
Ami is very perfectionistic; some would even say anal-retentive. She has a plan and a checklist, and her checklist has bullet points, subpoints, and prerequisites. She battles to let go, so when she decided to plan her sister's destination wedding in Maui in a few days, she knew making it perfect would be impossible, but damn her if she didn't try.
In steps Brody - the best man and local chilled happy-go-lucky surfer bro. He's been asked to help Ami plan the wedding and eventually and reluctantly Ami agrees.
What she doesn't expect is that Brody is a literal spanner into her carefully orchestrated plan, but instead of breaking the system down, she finds that his methods are effective, work, and are actually fun.
The main issue I had with this is I loved what the characters were saying, but I didn't feel the full connection. It was this weird feeling; the characters should be having AMAZING chemistry, and if I had been physically reading this in my mind, my mind voice would have been swooning at how perfect Brody and Ami were for each other. Now, nothing against the narrators because they are both excellent in their own right - something just felt lacking for me.
I think what that was is that some chapters had a FULL CAST and some were Ami/Brody narrating everything and doing voices for their counterparts - typically this is fine in dual narration books when that is how the ENTIRE BOOK IS - not when some chapters are fully narrated...I think this is why I couldn't find who vocally Ami and Brody were.
Trope Summary:
▶ Maid of Honour X Best Man
▶ Cinnamon Roll MMC
▶ Destination Setting
▶ Strangers to Lovers
▶ Banter
▶ Forced Proximity
Overall, a great little sweet listen and passes the time nicely while you are doing your own thing when you're listening to a book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content
Minor: Death and Grief
breathehopebooks's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Delightful! So fun, and the performances were so swoony.
My ONLY issue is that you can’t have the male lead look like a surfer bro with flowing blond hair and blue eyes and then cast HARRY SHUM JR to play him. Harry Shum Jr is wonderful—I’m a big fan, so his voice is easily recognizable—and i think it’s perfectly reasonable to imagine him as Brody. 4.75
My ONLY issue is that you can’t have the male lead look like a surfer bro with flowing blond hair and blue eyes and then cast HARRY SHUM JR to play him. Harry Shum Jr is wonderful—I’m a big fan, so his voice is easily recognizable—and i think it’s perfectly reasonable to imagine him as Brody. 4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting